Built by bands.
Tested on stages.
GigSheet exists because we got tired of texting "wait, which version of the set list are we using?" at 8:47pm while soundcheck started at 8:30. We are musicians. We know what Saturday night actually looks like.
Nobody woke up and decided to build set list software.
It started, as most band problems do, with a group chat. Specifically: a 47-message thread debating whether the closer should be Mr. Brightside or Wagon Wheel, sent at 11pm the night before a gig. The set list — a Google Doc from three weeks ago — had been edited by four different people, two of whom had since changed their minds.
The drummer showed up with a printed copy from the wrong version. The bassist had it on his phone but the screen kept dimming. The vocalist had written her copy on her forearm in Sharpie, which, honestly, respect.
We wanted something that worked like a set list actually works — fast to build, easy to share, readable under bad stage lighting, printable in under 30 seconds.
So we built it. You're looking at it. The forearm thing still happens occasionally, but now it's by choice, not necessity.
- BCAncient historyThe Lyre Player's Problem
Greek musicians performed at symposiums with no set list. Things got chaotic. Wine was involved. Socrates reportedly requested the same song four times.
- 60s1960sThe Index Card Era
The Beatles used handwritten cards taped to their monitors. Simple. Effective. Still better than half the solutions that came after.
- 80s1980sThe Laminated Sheet
Arena rock bands started laminating set lists and taping them to the stage floor. A genuine innovation. Bon Jovi's road manager holds an unofficial patent.
- 00s2000sThe Google Doc Era
Bands moved to Google Docs. Version control chaos ensued. "Which one is the right one?" became the most common pre-show question in history.
- NOWTodayGigSheet
One source of truth. Readable on stage. Shareable in one tap. The laminated card, but for the 21st century. Socrates would have approved.
The GigSheet manifesto.
Three rules. No exceptions.
If we wouldn't use it, we won't build it
Every feature in GigSheet exists because someone on the team needed it before a real gig. Not because a product roadmap said so. Not because a focus group asked nicely. Because it was 7:30pm, load-in was at 8, and we needed it to work.
The best of old and new
The laminated card worked. The index card worked. We didn't throw that out — we just added AI to the parts that sucked. Auto-fill your song metadata. Let the AI draft the set. Generate your show notes. The craft stays yours. The busywork doesn't have to.
The gig comes first
GigSheet is not a practice tool, a music theory course, or a social network for musicians. It's a gig tool. Everything — the set builder, the AI features, the print view, the share link — exists to make the show go better. Full stop.
See you at
the gig.
Free to start. Set up in five minutes. No tutorial required.